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they had to whip me. I titi~mbers she used to whip me every time she tell me to do something and I take too long to move ‚ long and do it. One time ~ XDJ.88U8 went off on a visit aiid left me at home. ~Vhen she come back, ~a1ly told her that I put on a pair of Bubber‘s pants and scrub de floor wid them on. Missus told me it was a sin for me to put on a man‘s pants, and she whip me pretty bad. She say it‘s in de Bible

.. ..	dat: ‘A man shall not put on a woman‘s clothes, nor a woman put on a man‘ s clothe s ‚ . I am ~ t never see that in de Bible though ‚ but from then

‘tu now, I ain‘t put ou no more pants.

	“De grawn-up slaves was punished sometime too. When they didntt feel like taking a whippin‘ they went off in de woods and stay ‘tu ~ssa‘s hounds track them d own; then ‘ d bring them out and whip them. They might as well not run away • Some of them never come back a-tall ‚ don‘ t know what become of them. We aintt had no jail for slaves; never ain‘t see none iii chains neither. There was a guard-house right in de town but us niggers never was carried to i~. You ask me if I ever see e. slave auction— ed off? Yes ina‘am, one time. I see a little girl ‘bout ten years old sold to a soldier imn. Dis soldier man was married and didn‘t had no chillun and he buy dis little girl to be company for his wife and to help her wid de house work.

	“White folks never teach us to read nor write much. They learn— ed us our ~ B, C‘s, and teach us to read some in de testament. De reason they wouldn‘ t teach us to read and white ‚ was ~ cause they was afraid de slaves would write their own pass and go over to a free county. One old nigger did learn enough to ‘write his pass and got ‘way wid it and went up North.